Nate Chorney scored 20 points Tuesday night as Thomas A. Edison qualified for the Section 4 Class C boys basketball tournament for the first time in five years with a 51-35 home victory over Union Springs.

The Spartans finished the regular season 8-11, reaching the .400 winning percentage needed to qualify for sectionals. Tuesday marked the final day before sectional pairings are determined.

“This is big for this group of kids,” Edison head coach Lenny Smith said. “We have a nice mix of upperclassmen, underclassmen. It’s been a five-year drought for us, so we are looking forward to the postseason."

Edison jumped out to a 20-10 first-quarter lead and closed out the half up 33-16. Chorney scored 16 first-half points, hitting on four 3-pointers, including one at the first-half buzzer. Chorney led the team with three assists.

Elmira Notre Dame 65, Tioga 49: Derrick Stark scored a career high 30 points and also had nine rebounds and seven assists to help Notre Dame finish the regular season with a 10-10 record by beating Tioga at home.

The Crusaders have won six of their last seven games, including five straight, heading into the Section 4 Class C tournament.

"These kids have fought hard and we had to do it the last three games on the road, not counting tonight," Crusaders head coach Bill Hopkins said. "Edison, Watkins Glen, Lansing, none of those are easy. We just hung in there and kept fighting and were able to eke out a couple of wins."

These kids have fought hard and we had to do it last three games were on the road, not counting tojngint; Edison, WG, Lansing, none of those are easy. We just hung in there and kept fighting and were able to eke out a couple of wins.

Tioga (6-13) led by 10 points in the first half, but Stark scored nine second-quarter points to help the Crusaders get within 25-23 at halftime. Stark added 12 of Notre Dame's 25 points in the third quarter, helping the Crusaders to an 11-point lead.

"He kept us afloat there in the first half," Notre Dame head coach Bill Hopkins said of Stark.

"I give Tioga credit. They made a lot of threes (nine), probably a season high of threes tonight."

Nick Cotto had five 3-pointers and led Tioga with 15 points. Kyle Minchin added 12 points for Notre Dame.

Lansing 58, Odessa-Montour 41: Bryce Elliot scored 10 points to lead the Indians in an IAC crossover loss at Lansing.

Girls basketball

Horseheads 45, Johnson City 41: Rachel Stermer had 16 points and seven rebounds as Horseheads used a big fourth quarter to slip past host Johnson City in a non-league game.

Emily Smith added eight points and six rebounds for Horseheads (13-6). Tatum Benesh had five assists.

Jessica Schiefen gave Horseheads a 42-41 lead with two free throws. Marianne Cites followed with a bucket and a free throw for the final points. Johnson City (12-7) led 35-32 after three quarters.

“They grinded it out,” Horseheads head coach Andy Scott said of his team. “Were down the whole game until the last minute and a half.”